MacKay, Cape
Windless Bight is a prominent bight that indents the south side of Ross Island, Antarctica, eastward of Hut Point Peninsula. It was named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, which encountered no wind in this area.- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cape MacKay” and “Mackay, Cape”
MacKay, Cape
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.69677° or 77° 41′ 48″ south
Longitude
168.50176° or 168° 30′ 6″ east
Open location code
2VJC8G32+7P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“MacKay, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mackay”
- Chinese: “麥凱角”
- Dutch: “Mackay”
- German: “Kap MacKay”
- Hebrew: “כף מקאיי”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape MacKay”
- Swedish: “Cape Mackay”
- Swedish: “Mackay”
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